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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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